The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-12-17
McEnery fsess are 10, so long IS
they bavs'bsss.

I
'eliciana and 0fleaus are yet TO hold il
rimaries. The battle ia nearly over. ct
70 Il
The people will nominate ticket on a,
January %. There will bIcno ring T
juggling about Il -nohes Of your Par-l ::
.oud convention style. =
Whose parricidal hand was raised !
against his uaiives parish. S'"an Ouach- I I
ia was Africanized, in the interest of
The third-terhner the other yss-C1in- s
ION PuAiot- Democrat. - +AltA {
A majority of the white Democratic
voters Of the parish of Ouacbita do not |.
propose 10 have their rights abridged,
by the negro being placed over them,
and will send Delegation 10 the State |
Convention, asking admission therein
as the representatives of a majority OF
the white Democrats Of that parish
Lake Charles Commercial. 3sEfssS /
The Ouachita ring feels that it needs |
large scope for the exercise Of It's power.
1t modestly inttmatee To the parishes
OF this Senatorial and Congressional
district that It would like to place its
shacklss upon them also. Witness
resoluttons Nos. g. and s adopted by
the ring convention. We opine, how
ever, that the flies will not walk into
the spiders parlor on this occasion.
We are glad to note that some Of the
delegates to the ring convention re-
fused to entirely surrender their man.
hood and rights % citizens and Demo-
Gratis. The fourth ward elected five
delegates to the convention, but Of
these ave only one would serve after
they wero informed of the ring pro-
eramme. The other four washed their
hands of the whole matter by refusing
to participate as delegates.
The Ouachita Telegraph is in error
In stating that saloonkeepeIs are an
!. nounced as candidates for the Legisle-
ture In CaddO parish .-iStreueport Jo,n''
nal. ..-.t--..
, Caddo, we think, is entitled to two
, represent atives end our assertion was
. not In the plural. We may have
been misinformed however, as to ont
of the candidates being seloon-keeper
Il II 80 we stand corrected.
= The Picayune claims that 104 Mich
u. oils delegates have been elected to date
. against G. McEnery delegates. eth
blue banner of REFORM as the Picay
une terms 1t, seems destined to win
deserved victory. Nichols is a goo
man, championing a worthy cause
and should receive the hearty supper
= of good citizens. Besides, some of MI
b.. Enery's Mississippi support Is enoug
to damn his cause in louisiana
at Iicks6,rg Post.
~ The effort to defeat such man
ne Senator Gibson--a man TO whom Lo
OF isiaua owes so much-by the McEnei
Ut faction, because, in the first place
Id defended NIe. Cleveland against the 8
ers tacks of the disappointed Office seeker
eo and secondly because he has dared
'se express, in an open, manly way, 4
preference for General Nichols, is
political scheme that should meet wi
"e' q stern rebuke from the honest Dem
Gratis OF Louisiana. -NatchitocheS Rerie
w. The McEnery crowd denouucing t
but evils of fraud and trickery in polite
the affairs is just too awfulIy cheeky
nto anything. A set of political sharpe
Ike who have reduced political jugelery
q fine art, who have lived and fatten
by it, they now warn the dear peo
ion of it's evil effects because there is
OF probability that some OF their own
i've tricks are to be used against them.
the il a pity that Judas Iscariot did
me. live long enough TO write lecture
hao the sin of treachery. 1t would max
good companion piece for some OF
hysterical articles that have recen
Tor appeared in the administration 10
'en- nals.-Nutchitock Rerie,c.
lied ,
s., The Farmers Unions through
the parish held ward meetings
Monday and put tickets in the f
for delegates to the parish convent